Nursery World - More than half of children living in poverty in parts of the UK

A new poverty map reveals there are now constituencies where more than half of children are growing up in poverty.

Published today by the End Child Poverty coalition, the map, shows the areas with the highest and lowest child poverty rates.

The areas with the highest child poverty rates are Bethnal Green and Bow (54 per cent), Ladywood in Birmingham, and Poplar and Limehouse in London (both 53 per cent), and Hodge Hill in Birmingham (51 per cent).

A breakdown of the figures show in the Coldhurst ward in Oldham, there are 62 per cent children living in poverty.

To view child poverty rates in your local area click here

Overall, child poverty is highest in large cities, particularly London, Birmingham and Manchester. Among the 20 parliamentary constituencies with the highest levels of child poverty, seven are located in London, three in Birmingham, and three in Manchester.

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